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• Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis

  

  Chuck-will's-widow is a nocturnal bird whose mottled brown plumage blends into woodland. It catches flying insects at night, breeding in North America and moving south for winter.

• Greyish Piculet Picumnus granadensis

  This small woodpecker relative lives in forests and at forest edges in Colombia. The male has a black crown with white spots and yellow crown marks.

• Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger

  A bird of African savannas and dry woodland, it forages on the ground and breeds in large groups.

• Varied tit Sittiparus varius

  A small bird of lowland and low-mountain woods in Japan. Its bluish-grey wings and chestnut belly stand out.

• Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani

  This hummingbird occurs in the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Males have an elongated, multicoloured gorget; both sexes have white-tipped tails.

• White-collared Manakin Manacus candei

  This small manakin occurs in lowland forest edges and thickets on the Caribbean side of Central America. Adult males are black, white, and yellow; females and young males are olive green with yellow bellies.

• Plain Wren Cantorchilus modestus

  The Plain Wren lives along the Pacific side of Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama. It often uses forest edges and other open or modified habitats.

• Tenggara Swiftlet Collocalia sumbawae

  A swiftlet of the western Lesser Sunda Islands. It occurs in forest and dense habitats and feeds on invertebrates.

• Islet White-eye Zosterops griseotinctus

  This white-eye occurs on Papua New Guinea's offshore islands. A 2015 study examined populations across the Louisiade and other archipelagos.

• Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestus

  The Gray Gull changes head color by season. In Chile it feeds along the coast and breeds inland in the Atacama Desert.

• Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina

  The Silvery Pigeon has silvery blue-grey plumage and a green sheen on the nape. In 2008, one bird was photographed flying between islands in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands.

• Large Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos

  The Large Scimitar Babbler has a long, heavy curved bill, dark brown face and back, pale throat and breast, and grey flanks. It forages low in vegetation.

• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni

  The Blue-bearded Bee-eater has a green body, long blue throat feathers and a large curved bill. It uses openings in forests, and the species account reports spring-to-summer breeding in India.

• Black-and-white Triller Lalage melanoleuca

  A triller of the Philippines. The source's detailed color description is specifically for a male of the nominate subspecies.

• Tanahjampea Monarch Symposiachrus everetti

  The Tanahjampea Monarch is restricted to one Indonesian island and uses lowland forest, mangroves and moist shrubland.

• New Caledonian Thicketbird Megalurulus mariei

  This 17–18 cm ground-dwelling bird is restricted to New Caledonia. It has olive-brown upperparts, a long pale eyebrow, and creamy underparts washed rusty. It walks through grass and scrub and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

  The Corn Bunting is a streaked brown bunting with a sturdy yellow bill. It often uses open farmland and pasture.

• Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes

  This migrant breeds in Siberia and moves south, probing mud and rocks for food at estuaries and tidal flats.

• Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata

  The Wandering Whistling Duck is a large, red-brown duck. In Kakadu it uses deep wetlands and flooded plains; its whistling call and wing noise may be heard as it flies to roost at dusk.

• Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis

  This 12–14 cm bird inhabits high mountains in China, including conifer forest, rhododendron scrub and low shrubs.

• Rwenzori Batis Batis diops

  This small bird inhabits montane forest in the Albertine Rift. It has contrasting black-blue and white plumage and searches the lower forest for insects.

• African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus

  African Shrike-flycatchers show clear differences between the sexes. They inhabit African lowland forest, where they eat insects and may wag the tail while perched.

• Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala

  A lark of open, dry country in Indochina. Its short tail and dark streaks on the chest help distinguish it.

• White-browed Owl Athene superciliaris

  The White-browed Owl has a rounded brown head with white markings and is active at night. It is found only on Madagascar.